Date:         Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:13:06 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: GL seat bed vs. L bed in Westy
Comments: To: BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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Bryan,

I sleep in my 88 GL and love it. The GL rear seating does have "bumps"
when laid out for sleeping, but I just throw down an extra pad over the
seats for extra cushinon. If you can get a "hospital egg-crate" foam pad
rather than a conventional egg crate pad it will be far more
confortable. Most pads from Walmart, Costco, etc, are typical sonsumer
stuff and are poorly designed for my purpose - which is a good nights
sleep on the road in the van.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver



BJ Feddish wrote:

>I picked up a nice set of front Westy seats from Chris at JordanVW over the
>weekend to replace my tan stripped non-armrest seats in my 83.5.  I still
>have the original rear bed in my van. Chris has the rear seat and cushion
>available too but I did not buy them why I was there as I am still
>undecided. My main question is how comfortable is the GL seats for sleeping?
>I really don't care too much about the seats matching as I do sleeping
>comfort. The current seat and mattress is 1 large flat surface when folded
>down. The GL seating has "bumps" that seam to be more appropriate for
>sitting in the rear seat than for sleeping.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>Bryan
>
>